Zinderspin
What if you could touch sound and make it dance? Zinderspin is a playful sound installation that makes spatial listening tangible. You decide how it sounds and moves.
With Zinderspin, you determine how sound moves around you. Set the installation in motion and experience how sounds circle around you. Do you choose a soft, meditative tempo, or do you let the sounds whirl wildly around you? As the choreographer of this dance of sound, you create your own unique listening experience.
Zinderspin is a sound installation that surrounds you with sound: rural field recordings that take you on a journey from West to East. This playful construction, inspired by a mobile, consists of eight wireless speakers that rotate in circles around you. Zinderspin invites you to listen differently. Through the spatial movement of sound, you become aware of how sound surrounds us in everyday life.
The installation:
- activates your spatial listening ability;
- heightens your awareness of everyday soundscapes;
- stimulates your imagination and creativity;
- lets you taste a richer auditory world.
Bring Zinderspin to your location
Curious what it feels like to be embraced by sound? Zinderspin is available for interactive installations, workshops, and educational projects. Step into a world where sound becomes tangible and discover the richness of a conscious listening experience. Get in touch with us.
Listen to Zinderspin
This is a binaural recording, best experienced with headphones.
Zinderspin at La Semaine Du Son in Brussels
Rewatch two reports about our Zinderspin at De Week van de Klank 2022.
Practical
Zinderspin is a suspended construction.
A mobile with eight small Bluetooth speakers.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Minimum diameter of the construction: 6 m
Ideal height of the construction: 4 m
Total weight of the construction: 20 kg
Set-up time: 1 hour
Dismantling: 1 hour
What you need:
- 1 power outlet nearby to charge the speakers overnight;
- 4 suspension points, no heavy-duty rigging required;
- 1 ladder or lift to install the steel cables;
- 1 local technician (assistance).
Aifoon will come to start up the installation. Once running, the sound continues day and night. The speakers have an autonomy of eight hours. Charging takes 3 hours. We provide a manual in case the installation needs to be restarted.
Credits
Concept & composition: Stijn Dickel (aifoon)
Production: Robrecht Ghesquière